Add new email account to Outlook Express

Step 1

Open Outlook Express and select "Accounts" from the "Tools" menu.

Step 2

Select the "Mail" tab and then click on the "Add" button and select "Mail..."

Step 3

Enter your name. This can be anything but it is nice to have your real name.

Step 4

Enter your email address as advised. (Only enter one email name)

Step 5

Your incoming email server will be a POP3 server.

Enter your incoming email server as advised.

The outgoing email server(SMTP) may have one of two values depending on restrictions set by your Internet service provider (bigpond,optus,internode,TPG etc).

In an attempt to reduce spaming some ISP insist that all outgoing emails from their customers will use their SMTP server for outgoing mail.This way they can easily monitor the flow of emails and detect possible spammers. This means that the SMTP server value may be either the one that was provided to you for your domain or one as stipulated by your ISP. If you use the wrong one your outgoing emails may not work. It is simple to come back and amend your settings later.

Step 7

Enter you account name and password as provided. Your account name will be in the form of name@yourdomain.com.au.

If don't want to have to type in your email password each time you open outlook then leave the "Remember password" checkbox ticked.This will also mean that anyone can walk up to your computer, open outlook and read you mail. Not so much of a problem in you own home but may have some security implication in a business setting.

Clicking on the "Next" button will bring you to the last screen where you have to click on the "Finish" button.

Hope this helped.